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The hardest thing about maintaining ur online privacy are the people around you. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by OppressedBread@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Have you guys also noticed this? I'm not talking about "Oh my family isn't privacy conscious" I honestly get that for ur average moms and pops, they don't know any better.

the problem is with how these big tech companies effectively poisoned the everyday Joe to think that handing over ur data like a good boy is the norm and breaking out is "weird" and "too much", this blame also goes on Hollywood.

Yesterday my friend called me " Mr robot" for just taking my privacy seriously I thought it was funny.

some people also fired their single neuron and told me "People only do this when they have something to hide"

These remarks that I face from time to time really highlights the mentality of the general society where if you break out of the norm, even if it doesn't harm them, they would find a way to make off handed remarks about it almost like they're dissatisfied that you're fighting.

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[–] humanamerican@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

These are young anticapitalist, chronically online queers I’m talking about too.

Right! They already are familiar with being on the fringes of "normal" society, and have a lot more to gain than a "normie" from protecting their privacy, and yet they just can't be bothered because "Matrix is too clunky" or "I just really like playing Overwatch". My eyes can't roll hard enough.

[–] pineapple@lemmy.ml 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Many Marxist groups literally use spyware like WhatsApp to organise. I just don't get it.

[–] humanamerican@lemmy.zip 1 points 17 hours ago

My local PSL announces all their events exclusively on Instagram. I brought this up at one of their meetings and they were baffled. "But where else would we make announcements?"

Maddening

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why? They have their creature comforts and platform challenges. Dismissal is elitism, and closes off the movement.

[–] humanamerican@lemmy.zip 2 points 16 hours ago

I don't dismiss people for using malicious software products. I just struggle to understand how they can have their eyes so open about so many things but refuse to look at this particular issue.